I can't do another break-up
feels sad,
as if we break up and – tiring
at least over the years
once we might have smiled for
a month as it is summer.
I want – what do you want—
to let go but I need to hear –
just can't talk.
I don't want to hear the chimes
to cry anymore over the old part of town
It's so tedious.
It's what we're used to.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Friday, November 25, 2011
Etchings
I want to
see the pain
as it
flows,
coloring
the white with thick red.
Sticky
tears joining hands to create a flood.
I want to
trace my finger in this river of red,
smear it
over my skin, make trails and marks.
Paint.
I want to
see my pain.
I wear the
marks of my pain
in places
you will never see.
On the
soles of my feet,
at the back
of me knees.
Engravings
of mutilation.
Etchings of
despair.
I want to
control my pain.
I want to
own my pain.
Harming
yourself is a form of self-expression said the helpful doctor.
I trace
elaborate patterns in my skin,
etchings of pain.
etchings of pain.
Like pistes
under new fallen snow,
veins hide
under my skin.
Light catches
the blade
and for a
moment I’m stuck in the glare.
It’s pretty.
Then it
touches my skin
I feel
I see my
pain.
Recycled - first draft circa 2006
Recycled - first draft circa 2006
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